Workforce Development/Education Specialist

Job Description

Helvetas is an international development organization anchored in Switzerland. Our vision is a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner.

Helvetas is looking for a Workforce Development/Education Specialist for the USAID/Uzbekistan Youth Workforce Development and Entrepreneurship Activity. The purpose of the Uzbekistan Youth Workforce Development and Entrepreneurship Activity is to equip youth who are in grades 8-11 with the necessary skills as they prepare to enter Uzbekistan’s economy as skilled employees or entrepreneurs. The activity will focus on achievement of the following intermediate results: i) improved quality of school-based economics and entrepreneurship programs, ii) improved quality of afterschool entrepreneurship, soft skills, and work readiness programs; and iii) strengthened enabling environment to support and engage youth.

Position Description

The Workforce Development/Education Specialist will lead the technical design and implementation of youth workforce development interventions and entrepreneurship education in close coordination with the program managers and key staff.

Qualifications

Education:

Master’s degree in Education, Public Administration, or a related field.

Skills and Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience supporting the implementation of projects with a focus on youth workforce development, entrepreneurship, and soft skills development;
• Practical experience and organizational capacity development in the education and youth sectors desired;
• Demonstrated experience in female empowerment and disability inclusion;
• Demonstrated experience in curriculum reform, teaching and learning materials development, and teacher training;
• Demonstrated experience in private sector engagement preferred;
• Strong organizational, presentation, reporting, and communication (both oral and written) skills and the ability to implement projects with diverse subject matter;
• Demonstrated experience of successful interactions, coordination, and partnerships with a variety of stakeholders (host government, US and international donors, youth, private sector, etc.) desired;
• Experience in integrating international and local expertise into the program desired; and
• Experience working on education and/or youth issues in Uzbekistan or Central Asia desired.

Language:

Fluency in Uzbek required. Proficiency in English and Russian preferred.

About the Organization

Helvetas is an international development organization anchored in Switzerland. Our vision is a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner.